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Diction: Their, There, They’re; To, Too, Two; and Your and You’re

From theUWF Writing Lab’s 101 Grammar Mini-Lessons Series

Mini-Lesson #61Slide2

There

There is an expletive and an adverb of place.Correct: There are over one hundred applicants on file.

Correct: I think we should put the couch over

there

.Slide3

Their

Their is a possessive pronoun.Correct: They are proud of their heritage. Slide4

They’re

They’re is a contraction for they are.Correct: They’re

proud of their heritage.

When spoken,

there

,

their

, and

they’re

sound similar, so careless writers tend to confuse the spelling. Slide5

To

To is a preposition used to introduce prepositional phrases and infinitive phrases.Correct: There is a real readiness on the part of Congress to

listen

to

American citizens.Slide6

Too

Too is an adverb meaning “also” or “very.” Correct: Most of us think our taxes are too high,

too

.Slide7

Two

Two is the spelling for the cardinal number 2.Correct: Give me

two

beers.

When spoken,

to

,

too

, and

two

sound similar, so careless writers tend to confuse the spelling. Slide8

Your

Your is the possessive form of you.Correct:

Your

incredulous stories amaze me.Slide9

You’re

You’re is the contraction for you are.Correct:

You’re

supposed to send an editorial to the newspaper.

When spoken,

your

and

you’re

sound similar, so careless writers tend to confuse the spelling.